Pretty lively hearing this morning when the Wise County Salary Grievance Committee (which looked like a bunch of public officials and two or three private citizens) heard Constable Tom Bishop's Salary Grievance request.
Highlights:
- Bishop made a pretty lengthy presentation since the meeting was set to start at 8:00 and I walked in on it at 9:00 and he was still going.
- The guy in the blue shirt didn't mind asking the hard questions to Bishop.
- Bishop remained professional.
- Tensest moment came from a commenter in the audience who said she there was "a sense of nervousness" from the citizens about Bishop doing things other than serving warrants and being, in her words, a "Super Cop." Bishop handled it well.
- Bishop kept saying he "didn't need the money" but wanted the raise for the "office" and the other constables.
- Boldest Bishop statement: When he said that if the County can afford an attorney for the commissioners court, a new assistant DA, and a new judicial software program, the county could afford the raise.
- An issue arose as to whether Bishop's request was only for him or for all constables. When it was determined that the granting of Bishop's grievance would impact only him, he told them not to do it.
- The vote was 9-0.
- Bishop thanked them for their time after the hearing.
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Pretty lively hearing this morning when the Wise County Salary Grievance Committee (which looked like a bunch of public officials and two or three private citizens) heard Constable Tom Bishop's Salary Grievance request.
Highlights:
67 comments:
Common sense has returned to Wise county? Way to go committee!
Thank God. When people are losing jobs right and left, why did this gentleman have the idea that he did not have to be with the ordinary people and help each other out. Just cannot imagine what his job entails that would push him into the high pay bracket. Especially when THE ENTIRE SHERIFFS DEPT. are forgoing ANY increase in base pay.
Perhaps Mr. Bishop should seek other employment!!!!!
I wonder what the voters who elected him think of him now.
I'm glad they were sensible.
Were Drugs or Alcohol involved?
10:22 - straight Republican ticket voting got the constable in.
Now they can deal with it.
No justice no peace! no justice no peace! no justice no peace!
Oh wait, they quashed that retarded idea?
Nevermind
thank you, grievance committee, thank you
Everyone who knows Tom expects to see him act in a manner that's embarrassing to himself and his position. You mentioned a couple of times being tense. You were waiting for it to happen, too, weren't you?
Ya know, I bet if Tom could get everyone a raise but leave him out of it not one person would complain, it takes someone with balls to do what he did and not just because it is Tom, I dont even know who he is but if you dont ask for it you want get it and I dont know anyone who would do it DO YOU.
11:36 You are very correct I use to know someone who would go to bat for someone in a heart beat but you dont see it any more,people just keep quiet and nothing happens I say let Tom stir the pot and let reep the rewards good job Tom.
Wait till the Bridgeport Index prints his quotes made after the hearing. They are Pure Gold ! I cant wait.
sounds like 11:50 want you to go out and buy a Bridgeport paper lets see you work there.
If that was BABA it would have been 0-9
Dennis Hudson, Thank You for all your service to our Country. Only now do people realize what a difference you made. It should be mandatory for every Decatur High School Senior to talk to Dennis as part of their civics class and get an honest view of the working man in the real world. Dennis has helped more people than most will ever know.
Hes always been a pain in the ass everywhere hes been. Some of yall have'nt been here long enough to remember.Anyone who is or could be a commerical airline pilot but opts out to a 30,000 to 40,000 dollar a year job has a screw loose or as my late father would say is a little "BADGE HEAVY".He is a CONSTABLE.... not the leader of the FBI,not DPS, not even Sherriff his job is to serve papers.But for years hes ran radar where he was'nt suppose to and basically harrassed people.Yall (not my precint) should of voted for Hudson he just pumps a little gas,served your paper and kept his mouth shut BUT NOOOOOOO
11:57 I'd be surprised if you can read a news paper after reading your poor use of punctuation,grammar and sentence structure.
Maybe some remedial English classes might be in order over the summer.
He, Tom is a Texas Peace Officer he has the power to do what the law ask of him, just saying he is in there and he is fighting for other law officers who maybe cannot or will not step up because of retaliation get it.
12:28 you show`em
www.tombishop.com look at his credit. Hudson Fina 1 beer down 5 to go.
Good job, Grievance Committee!
I never heard Dennis Hudson asking for more money---he just did his job and did it well. You can thank every one that voted straight republican for that mess.
county should either fund the offices of constable properly or just tell them to go sit at the gas station like Dennis Hudson did and wait for their monthly check,
Dennis Hudson never did anything. He drew a salary and never left his gas station... how does that constitute doing a "good job"? The county tax payers basically paid him to run his gas station. I can count on one hand the number of times he actually went out and worked for over 16 years. Most of the deputies didn't even know who he was because he never left his gas station.
I blame Obama.
I talked to Mr. Hudson and he is keeping his certification up todate so when Big Boss Man steps down or is run off he then can come back and serve the people of Wise Co. They did not ask Tom how many places he has worked at for free or for just a $1:00 just so he can be the BIG BOSS MAN.
people are prasing him for standing up for the others when they wouldnt do it for themselves. people if a person will not stand up for what they believe in or want then they should not have it end of story. as far as the democart republlican gfoes at least the repuplicans can say that nobody voted for our people because they were black as did tonms of people who voted for obama. if we would have we would be called racist for thisw o since the democrats lets just call them dumbasses who have runied our country with the pantywaist they put into office
I can tell that some of you people do not know Dennis Hudson, so you are forgiven of your ignorance. Dennis did perform the job of Constable very well, he does own a local business, but he always took the job of Constable seriously. Wise County is now suffering because of his absence. Maybe some of you people should leave the bashing of local officials to people that have lived here longer than two years. That's right i'm talking to you 1:45, don't try to deny it, you are a transplant and we didn't ask you to come to our fine county, but we will help you pack on your way out if you want.
spell check ?
2:15 Are you or are you possibly related to 11:57 by any chance?
1:45 pm, Dennis never had to leave his gas station...he was so bad ass that the crooks came to him and gave up.
2:15, you are a dumba*s. Obama has done more good for our country since taking office than your Idol, GWB, ever though of doing. He is trying to clean up the mess that you Republicans left after 8 years in office. The problems do not get fixed over night. So just go suck it and crawl off in the corner and hide in shame.
Why don`t we look up all info on the constables office and see how they stack up who wrote the most tickets,served the most papers and who has helped do more for wise county.
My name is 2:15....and I am a meth addict.
Double Fake Twelve Steps
11:57
What did you mean by that jumbled up, off the wall comment?
Praise Jesus!! That crazy SOB doesn't need anymore money, the county will have to pay a ton to someone when he shoots them...it's gonna happen, you know it will! I can't wait for Mr. Hudson to get the job back, I'm sure everyone feels the same way! If I was a po-po I wold definitely want him helping out, instead of Bishop, he's a joke!!!!!!
That's funny. Dennis Hudson hasn't made an arrest in years. I don't know of him ever making an arrest. Check the public jail records since you said he's such a bad ass! He has done nothing except cash those county checks every two weeks - for nothing. I'm not saying Bishop is any better. Face it, we need someone else in that office at the next election and we don't need to go backwards to Hudson.
When did it become a crime in this country to ask for a raise?
I may fire some creten and give myself a raise with his money just for the fun of it.
The idea of working is to get ahead. The purpose of a business is to make a profit. Even people who work for the government should be looking out for their best interest. Doesn't make them evil...makes them smart.
What is the job of a constable? Since when did we need them to be another Deputy? WE ALREADY HAVE DEPUTIES TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
Again, not a knock on any LEO. But why do we need to pay someone to be a constable? To serve warrants? What else?
Its your money. They work for you.
4:13 PM
Hudson has served plenty of warrants himself and helped serve them with other officers. Just because you serve a warrant doesn't mean you are the actual arresting officer
Well said 4:13, Bishop may not be the answer, but Hudson is a freakin joke, he ran his little gas station and had a $30,000 a year supplement for not doing squat. Keep moving forward, don't move backward by re-electing a never was.
Will see how you dumb bastards feel when Tom stops ya down in North Richland Hills and gives ya a speeding ticket. Maybe then you'll see what the people thats been here for awhile was talking about. And yes I know they are certifird peace officers but I don't think writting tickets is in they're job description.You know Dr. White is my doctor but If I needed open heart surgury I would rather he not be the one. No offence Dr. White.Ya get the picture???
More LEO's prefer Hudson over Bishop.
7:04, Russell, if you are going to post comments on a blog please proofread your post before posting. You really have no room to call anyone a "dumb bastard" with spelling and sentence structure like that. Your intelligence level is why the people of wise county are labled rednecks, backwoods, and idiots. Shame on you. By the way, if someone is speeding in North Richland Hills, or anywhere for that matter, they deserve a ticket, myself included. We know the speed limit, if we break it, that is nobody's fault but our own, not law enforcement.
From LEO,some of both sides is true maybe they could work together like one could be constable and the other could be his little bitch.
let's not just pick on dennis remember we paid joe gillilan for years to run his gas station in b'port and don't forget about dewayne kennedey he was jp in b'port he vanished for years while getting a check from the county and was living in colorado most of the time and the other constables we paid did we not pay bob davidson to run his insurance business and now doug parr takes over and we pay him to sell insurance and kevin huffman now we pay him two checks one from the sheriffs office and one for constable
9:24 You are so correct I thought maybe the people forgot about all those others doing the same thing.
this crap would be funny except we are all so stupid because we keep paying them, don't think for a minute the other constables didn't put tom up to asking for more money they just didn't want to have to do it themselves and sent ol tom up there like a lamb to slaughter
9:24 You have opened a huge can of Vienna Sausages with this info.
Thanks for opening our eyes and bringing this to light.
brings back old memories don't it Leroy Birch, Steve Brock, got concrete?
Boy, this is some good stuff the Constable in boyd claims to be a home builder,trucking company and in the insurance buisness, now it seems to me he was doing a full time job before he became a Constable. Burch and Brock did do concrete and were gone months at a time and like Leroy said I am Elected and I do not have to be in the office all day that is why I have Doug Whitehead so he can run the office while I am out (DOUG is still there) get it.
Doug is the rock of Gibraltar and will never move from there.
12:37 You said it right he will never mooooooove from there.
Huffman is not getting two checks. He resigned from his position at the Walker Hilton after he was elected to the Constable position.
Getting back to the stripes on the cars,I think someone should file or look into the distruction of the property or at least make them pay for it.So what you think PEOPLE OF WISE COUNTY call your local law enforcement office.
TX Local Govt Code:
Sec. 86.021. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A constable shall execute and return as provided by law each process, warrant, and precept that is directed to the constable and is delivered by a lawful officer. Notices required by Section 24.005, Property Code, relating to eviction actions are process for purposes of this section that may be executed by a constable.
(b) A constable may execute any civil or criminal process throughout the county in which the constable's precinct is located and in other locations as provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure or by any other law.
(c) A constable expressly authorized by statute to perform an act or service, including the service of civil or criminal process, citation, notice, warrant, subpoena, or writ, may perform the act or service anywhere in the county in which the constable's precinct is located.
(d) Regardless of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, all civil process may be served by a constable in the constable's county or in a county contiguous to the constable's county, except that a constable who is a party to or interested in the outcome of a suit may not serve any process related to the suit.
(e) The constable shall attend each justice court held in the precinct.
TX Code of Criminal Procedure:
Art. 2.12. WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace officers:
(1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
(2) constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
Art. 2.13. DUTIES AND POWERS. (a) It is the duty of every peace officer to preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction. To effect this purpose, the officer shall use all lawful means.
(b) The officer shall:
(1) in every case authorized by the provisions of this Code, interfere without warrant to prevent or suppress crime;
(2) execute all lawful process issued to the officer by any magistrate or court;
(3) give notice to some magistrate of all offenses committed within the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law; and
(4) arrest offenders without warrant in every case where the officer is authorized by law, in order that they may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried.
GOOD JOB 2:52
Delta Airlines sucks, but why would anyone leave that job as a International pilot to go to work writing tickets to people on 287?
Good job 2:52. Where is the part about radar traps and speeding tickets issued by a constable and playing cop?
What do you get when you across a rooster a lollipop a five hour energy drink and a heavy badge ???
Give up ... Tom at three in morning racing around on 380 !!!
Would someone let the Maddog back in!
10:35 I do not think he left he reired, there was somthing on the news about it a few years back they gave him a big ck and another for like 10 years, they say he was the top pilot there or the best I`m just saying what was in the news.
Hey 12:10, check this out....
Texas Transportation Code:
TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 543. ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF VIOLATORS
SUBCHAPTER A. ARREST AND CHARGING PROCEDURES; NOTICES AND PROMISES TO APPEAR
Sec. 543.001. ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT AUTHORIZED. Any peace officer may arrest without warrant a person found committing a violation of this subtitle.
Sec. 543.003. NOTICE TO APPEAR REQUIRED: PERSON NOT TAKEN BEFORE MAGISTRATE. An officer who arrests a person for a violation of this subtitle punishable as a misdemeanor and who does not take the person before a magistrate shall issue a written notice to appear in court showing the time and place the person is to appear, the offense charged, the name and address of the person charged, and, if applicable, the license number of the person's vehicle.
I'm sorry I can't address the "speed trap"... I don't think it's addresses in the transportation code. I assume he follows the same/similar standards that other Texas Peace Officers use in regards to their speed traps.
Check these links...... You mean constables can and do actually perform traffic stops?!?!?!? WTF???
http://www.dallascountyconstable.com/index2.htm
http://www.cd4.hctx.net/division_patrol.html
http://www.co.collin.tx.us/constables/constable_1/traffic.jsp
Yes, I know these are larger and more modern agencies compared to poor old podunk Wise County, but it goes to show that a constable is a peace officer like any other in the state and can perform the same duties.
We should all be thankful Bishop didn't request a helicopter due to his past experience with the Minutemen! It is very clear this guy is an accident ready to happen! What a colorful character! Perhaps a book is forthcoming on this guy.
I don't know 8:45....... a precinct 1 Apache Attack Helicopter might look pretty spiffy!
Bishop should hang out at Lowes and bust day laborers.
I think some people are just jelous of tom bishop and they are the ones that want to be cops when they grow up.
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